Multiway valve



May 31; 1927.

MULTIWAY VALVE v Filed sept. 28, 192s 3 Sheets-sneet 1 l x 1 i Ik May 31,1927.

G. A. BURMAN MULTIwAY VALVE Filed'sept. 28. 1925 snetssndet 2 May 31, 1927.

G. A. BURMAN Pam "c off/v MULT IWAY VALVE Filed Sept. 28, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Mtay l31, I

GEORGE' v 'Y MILTIWAY VALVE. 'f'

Application niea september 28, 19233. seiiai vNo;` 665,336.1

This invention relate-s to valves-and more particularly to a multi-Way `port lvalve forV controlling a plurality lofl machine operations v' 5V In myv'vco-pei'idingl application'Seriali-No. 6655335511 have shown this formlof valve` as used' for 'controlling theA operation .ofi a core Ymakingvmachine'q Obviously this formof valve could be used for operating other machines having partsthatare adapted to be p automatically operatedbyiluid pressure. i

Theobject of the presentinvention is Vto so lcontrol the openingand Vclosingffof the diiierent `ports .that Ythe desiredv combination of movements /may be` automatically con-v trolled..` The portsv in this valvemayl be divided into twofmain groups, one in which a plurality of ports are successively openedV one ata time, until 'all of them are indirect communication with Vthe fluid. pressure main.

g In exhausting this groupthe ports are-ex-y hausted one at a time until all of thenr are completely exhausted.. The second group fin vthis invention :concerns the-ports'rAA andf'B `which are alternately f opened 4and closed. VMore `specilically speaking, thei-portgA is opened whileport "B isl exhausted and-port A is exhausted While port B. is opened.` Port B Ais a member ofbothl groups' as will bey noticed When. the Aoperation of thefvalve is 'y limited tothe speciiclcombinationshown, but `asoccasionv demands the" combinations maybevaried.

Another '-obiect. 'off-the invention isy to i so coordinate the intaket passageWay-s andere haustpassage-Ways that the port'sf`are suc-V cessively `exhaustedy kafter the intakepassage'- described in` the" detailed specification` fo'llowing. Obviously,z the* invei'ition fis notl Fig. V6.

Fig 12 is lTigJSgfv K Fig. k13 isl a detail of theydetent taken on the linelS-l'of Fig. 2..

Fig. 141s an elevational `vieWoi1 thevalve machine operating mechanism. f

Figsi-'pl to 23inclusive .are sectionalvi'ews showing? the joper'ation of the valves 1516, l8,.l9,-20;and22 taken ongthelline .F :is aisection: onlthe linevfll-i-lfliofa sectionon' `the line" 12e-120i i vshowing the conduits Which'lead -olfto. the l A', B Cf and To thesev ports.; arecon'- i nected bypsultable coupl'ingmembers'b the conduits A', B. Cf.' DI, foicoiinectingflthe Working mechanism of the machinefivifthfthe fluid pressure -main c. The liuid pressure main is connected by a suitablecouplinglto the upperfend.l of the valvecasiifig,ftheV in l*terior 'ofl the said valve. casing Abeing cored outto receive the tapered; conica'lf-'x'fal-ve 103;. Thisy conical valve is providedfwithiahollov'v Y interiore which is "openedyat its upper end' 'i soas to afforda communicationlto theluid pressure main; 4 Y

. 4The Wall ofthefconical :Y

ing- :thefinter'iorportion` e of the valvel to the outside. ,'Ihese elongated p .asfsageways faillit f are of sucha 4length that they willlregister .with :jallf the 4'ports in l,the casing some g of Y z which areA positioned in fdiii'ere'nt horizontal AWith passagewaysj )if-and` f. preferably fr posi# y `tioned degreesfremovedgfrlom eachother.4 As .Will be noticedfromf- Figs.,y 5 vtof 8,these passageways ware, merely elongated slots i... through vthe `Walls fof the v'al ve.thus,op`en` planes. The detailed 'operation of 'thejvalve for; successivelyf opening fthe ,different .-port's `vvillnbe describedflater. j The.valve..lis-pro vided Withastem g on Whichis adaptedto 1be secured a handle k' for-vloperatingthe same. f. `Abracket vz' l,which cany be 'secured to any permane'nt fixture supports the valve Y I fcasm'g fand a packing nut. j 'screws therein 10o 't about the:V stem g toi prevent leakage about kthe joint.`{Af segment c'is secured-.tothe bracket and. a :detent m (see Figil) fis-,careA .riedf by'fthe; ,handleand adapted to.; engage -in the 'notchesml lwhich; are numbered f=1,12, i3 Yand f4? (see-Fig 2) '.f Aslthe 'handle moved f i 7oVIA to operate the valve-the det-ent will be lpositonedl in these notches which correctly locate the passageways'f and f with respect to the several ports for the` correct manipulation Vof the controlling means.y y .y l As' shownk 1n Fig. '2,' the`valve operating handleisY located in the olii positionA `and thesame willbe moved upwardly or counter clock-wise to successively open the port-s and will be'moved downwardly or clock-wise to successively exhaust the'l ports. This ,opera-f tion of the valveand the cooperation ofv the intake 4passageways'. and exhaust passageways with the port-sA, B, @,and D, may be o better Aunderstood by describingthe operation of the same as shown by Figs-lto 23 inclusi-ve. These iigures are labeled to Yshow how `the ports `aresuccessivelyopened and thenrsuccessively exhausted, a 'detailed den seriptionVV of which is Vcontained'in kthe 'following paragraphs.. In Fig. 2 the hand operated levferlslocated ,inv the ."offr "positionthereby positioningv the valveandlportsas shown in Fig.

=- v15.V 'The passageways y do. not register with any V(aire oltthe ports bu-trthe exhaust passage wa registers Ywith Vport C and oneof the ports `Drwhile, the exhaustpas'sage p registers with l z the portB. 'Byreferring' to Figsg toSthe connection betweenthe exhaust passageways andftheatmosphere is` obvious. -The exhaustpassageois a' grooveA cut intoV the outerwall r p Y .of the/'valve whilev a 'connectingy groove-g at right-angles thereto connects this passagewayl to the groove nlocated' 'near the bottom` of the valve. Q-Reierring to Fig; Brit will be I registers at all times with the holes s. Ob-V ,noticed that thevsupportfz' is providedwitha v"plurality ofl holes s which 'are' opened to,

theatmosphere andA tothe groove rin the valve.A Similarly the exhaust passageway p vi'ouslyvwheneverA the exhaust'V passageways register.with th'ewports,Y the airV contained lin f theconduits leading-"oli from saidports-may be exhausted to the atmosphere.v Y Y h`l llVh'enlfthe loperating' handle'is m'oved to Y *l the position Nail, vrthe-f valvev will fbep'ositionedl 'asi-n'Fig",l 16 withthe passageway i" lregistering44 with portA, whileports vB, Cj VandD are exhausting. In Fig. 17 theport B registers' with the passageway f" the' operating Phandle positioned VYin No. y2 notcl1.""Re

ferring to YFig. l-it will v-loeno'ticed'that port'v 1r fB is :located'ina different'horizontal plane fy y 55 than port A. -As the port'Bfis opened to the luidpressure main Athe 1 exhaust passage o vregisters with port A Vthereby exhausting 'thel same. 44Now as the valve is lrotated faro fj i lther the vhandle located in-n'otch No.` 8, the

'Y :18 in which the passageway f registers withv 'val-ve assumes theposition as shownlin Fig.

Aport C. The passageway Vf-Yis provided with 1 a laterall extending passageway t see Figs;

i 7' and 10 so las toV allowfthe p ortfBgto Are;l mai'nfv connected with,Y the interior '7, of the valve. AThis condition is possible because of the fact that @ports A` and Bare locatedin kdifferent horizontal planes Vandthe lateral i.

passageway 25 willjnotconnectfwith. port A when the'valve is positioned as in Fig. 17l

In Fig. v1.9.the operating lever isrotated f the interior oit the valve.

erally extending passageway a (see V',Fig'..-5

` to notch No.4jwhich opens `the'fports Dto It will bevnoticed` y that thejpassageway is provided witha latandFig. 19)4 whichisg'soarranged as toY connect port C with the interior ofthep'valveV when Yin the positionas' shown inFig. 19.YV lty will also b e noticed that'thepassageway f. is still in communication with port B'whengthe valve isfin'this position and the port Ais V.registering:with-the exhaust passageway o. v

Now on theV return movementzot'the operatinglever the valve-is'returned'stepfby.step through the 'different positions. funtilV vit comes to restin the oil position. Vf The irst u stop shows in Fig. 20 that oneiof. the ports Dis in communication with the exhaustifpasyu sageway @thereby exhausting. the flui'dp'ressure ronrthe' conduit Itis also "seen that in this position theports CandBistill remainopen Yoriin communication V'with the hausted. lnk FigZl the valve is .rotated -uniiuidpressure main whileport ALremains-exi tilY the passagewayk flis in communication` with port BLwjt will thu'sbe seenxthat Athe* ports D are'` still exhausting Yand :port .C1 is 1 now. registering with the'Y exhaust passage.- wayo while the port A `is also stilllexhaust-l ing. In Fig. 22 thevalve'is rotated andthe A but the -zport' Bvzis nowin'fcommunication with the exhaust'pa'ssagewayip and theports QD andC yare exhausting'throughfthe exhaust 'passagewayo. 'lnr Fig.V 23 the valve. isfcoin .pletely returned, tofthe offposition which shows ports ,B .Gand D exhausting-while port A is.. closed neither, exhausting nor .re- Y ceiving any fluidpressure. 1

' It is obvious .that anynumberfioi ports /may be utilizedi inavalveo thischaracter no r ybut I havev-merely shown these ourports Y andfconnecting passagewaystol 'illustrateVK the -operation'otl the valve; In'thisf-valve ports Afand Bf'may bey alternately actuated,` Vthat while the secondgroup of` instrumentali'ties will talrein ports BC andD which do not operateV alternately Abut are `openedone after the other untilthey all areop'ened andirtlien onefbyione` until they yare all are exhausted exhausted.

In following they Havinglef?,illegaliteitV y will befseen that'during theretuiuiznifove-V ment of the operatinghandle theexhaufst i passageways will A registerY with l.thejp'orts after the intake passageways havepassed by ico t. passageway f vis ini communicationwith port thus causing the exhaust to lag behind the intake. Port A of course is operated in an entirely different manner from the rest of the ports and the claims are drawn to broadly state these two groups of ports so arranged as to function with one continuous movement of the operating lever. Obviously these ports could be positioned differently, the only condition being that t-he ports that open alternately should be located in different horizontal planes so as not to interfere with one 'another since port B must function with either group or arrangement. f Vhat I claim is:

l. A valve for controlling a plurality of machine operations having in combination, a valve body provided with ports arranged in different horizontal planes and connected with conduits leading to the machine parts, a hollow valve rotatable Within the valve body having its interior connected to a fluid pressure supply, this valve body having openings extending through its walls which are of sufficient length to align with the ports in the valve body as the valve is rotated, the valve also having grooves'in its exterior surface which extend tothe end of the valve and communicate with the atrnos phere, these grooves being adapted to align with ports in the valve body to Vpermit exhaust thereof. 1

2. A valve for controlling a plurality of machine operations having in combination, a valve body provided with ports arranged in different horizontal planes and connected with conduits leading to the machine parts, a hollow valve rotatable within rthe body having its interior connected to the fluid pressure supply, this valve having openings extending through its walls which are of sufficient length to align with the various ports inthe valve body as the valve is rotated step by step, these openings in the valve having extensions in the plane of certain ports in the valve body whereby these ports remain in-communication with the fiuid pressure supply during more than one step in the movement of the valve.

3. A valve for controlling a plurality of machine operations having in combination, a

valve body provided with ports arranged in differentplanes and connected with conduits, leading tothe machine parts, a hollow valve rotatable within the body having itsinterior connected to the'fluid pressure supply, thisl valve having openings extending through its walls which are of sufficient length toalign with the various ports in the valve body as the valve is rotated step by step,

.these openings in the valve having extensions in the plane of certain ports in the valve 'body provided with ports connected withr conduits leading to the machine parts,v

Ya hollow valve within this valve body with its interior connected to a Vfluid pressure supply and adapted to be rotated with step .f by step movement, the valve having openings A extending Vthrough its walls, and having grooves in the exterior surface of its walls, these openings and grooves being adapted to open and exhaust the ports in the valve body respectively, the said ports, openings and o grooves being arranged so that in the first step in the movement of the valve one port is open, and in the second and remaining steps, this port is exhausted and other ports are successively opened and maintained open. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

GEORGE A. BURMAN. f 

